Performing at the House of Blues

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to perform at the House of Blues with the band I am in. Our lead singer is Morgan Mascorro. We call ourselves "Morgan and the Minx." I play the piano in out group. Being in a band again has made me feel like I am part of a team again. It's quite a lot of work to be caring an 88 keyboard around but it's worth the fun and hot of performing for people. This was our second performance live. I can't believe we had the opportunity to perform there. It was my first time at the House of Blues and I never knew it was that big! I have only seen it driving by on Sunset Blvd but never realized how many floors it had and how many rooms it had. Can't wait to perform there again soon!

Picture by the Beverly Center

A few pictures I took just outside of the Beverly Center. Decided to share with you all.

Me in the Dylan Hotel

Just a pic of me inside the Dylan Hotel. It was conveniently located off of Park Avenue.The cross street was 42nd Street making it very close by to the Grand Central Subway Station and the Pershing Square.

Tim in Manhattan, New York City

A picture of the Koopa kid backpack and a cool orange New York hat to go with it! I went full on like a tourist in New York. I went to stayed at the Dylan hotel which was close to the corner of Park Street and 5th Avenue. This picture of me wearing the backpack and hat was taken by ground zero and the construction zone by the new World Trade Center.

Crazy Face Pic

I get request for these crazy faces pictures. So for those who have requested. My crazy eyes are here again! :-)

This picture was taken just before boarding my flight to New York City. I don't even remember what New York was like when I last went so that should let you know just how long it's been. I believe it has been 20 years! Now that I am 24, visiting will be a whole new experience! 

Playing at the Playgroud!

Remember the good days when you play on monkey bars, go down the slide and play on the swing set? I still do it! Good times!

Me Playing the Piano

I love to play piano. It's a lifeline. A weakness. A love of mine. My pride and downfall. My hope and fear. My driving force and my distraction! Gosh! Playing the piano is everything. Almost! Hahaha! It's fills me and relieves me in so many ways unknown to most. Not to sound impolite or rude but I can't a imagine how people can live without being able to play a musical instrument. But that's prolly cause we who play are really weird people anyways. And to me, weird is unique. Not mainstream. Hey, I'm finally blogging something easy. Yay! Music! Something I don't have to think really hard about to actually motivate me to write about it either. I don't know if I am grammatically correct there but with music I couldn't be more righter! Usually I play what I am currently composing but quite often I fun myself looking back to the classics for their awesome insight. Studying the great works of the past help me develop myself and my creativity. Such composers from the baroque period all the way to the contemporary. Even before the baroque even, but mostly music during the time where the piano was played. By contemporary I don't exactly mean just what you hear on the radio but also the contemporary program composers. My favorite composition style would definitely be music from the post-romantic era. Not a very specific defined area of music history per se, but definitely an area where composers and music was able to take tonality and spread to an amplified key or just break the rules altogether and make something chaotic or in a unique dissonant way, make something extraordinarily beautiful. Music whether its classical, ethnic, pop, rock, folk, alternative, soundtrack, atonal, or whatever it might be, it all serves a purpose. All the music out there whether its something we can enjoy or not so much serves a unique purpose in a certain time or place. I guess this is my post for appreciating music and my great love for playing the piano. It is something will always be with me!

My Keyboard and that I Can't Tie a Tie that Well.

Me at my keyboard. It's an M-Korg 50. Awesome work station!

Headshot outside close in Studio City. Ties have always been a difficult thing or me. I remember someone once should me how to tie the tie in a certain way that you could adjust the length all the time and the tie shape would stay intact! It was so cool! I gotta learn how to do it again or search online on YouTube or something. 

Picture for Every Blog Entry

It seems that for every blog entry I put that I will have a new picture to accompany it. This picture was taken nearby where I live by James Townsend, a brilliant photographer and director in Los Angeles. You can see more of what he does at http://www.JamesTownsendPhotos.com.

I still am in that "not sure what to post" moment each time I feel the urge or desire to write something so I guess I will just talk about what just occurred to me to post about. Where I spend most of my time in LA. Well, I spend most of my time in Beverly Hills. Beverly Hills is just of one of the places I spend most of my time working. I also frequently work in West LA and travel mainly around "the hills" area. When I am not working I am usually spending my time in Studio City, Sherman Oaks in the valley and Mid City area south Hollywood, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Culver City, Westwood and Brentwood. Every so often I'll make a trip to Koreatown, Downtown LA, maybe Silverlake or Los Feliz area as well but for the most part I stick around "the hills." So that's it for now. It's been a long long day and I just retire to bed. Night night my blog readers.

Me Jumping in the Park!

Blogging Time

So now I have Wordpress and Blogger. Both now I have to maintain. Goodness so many ways to keep people updated on anything. Why don't I just use one? Is one better than the other?? Or why don't I just use both cause both are there and available. Too many things going on in this world and keeping up on everything ha she come a chore to me. Gosh I don't want to so it but maybe in doing it I will "discipline" my mind. Forcing myself to write. The more I do the easier it gets to do it. Here's a picture of me as well. Decided to share it here for my first Blogger post!